THE BLUES ROOM

16 June 2016

#541 :: Watch Out! Here's Fatt Max!

The Blues Room, 15 June 2016

Episode #541

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Like a boss, Fatt Max kicks off his new role as show host with this scorching playlist. If this is a taste of things to come, have mercy, we're in for a heck of a ride!

1. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom

2. R L Burnside - Rollin' & Tumblin'

3. Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite - I'm In I'm Out I'm Gone

4. Snooks Eaglin - Walking Blues

5. Elmore James - Early One Morning

6. Jimmy Reed - Boogie In The Dark

7. Big Boy Bloater - The Devil's Tail

8. The Della Grants - Red Mist

9. Long John Laundry - Honey Bee

10. Dr John - Let The Good Times Roll

11. Keb' Mo' - Hand It Over

12. Taj Mahal - Leaving Trunk

13. Seasick Steve - Dog House Blues

14. Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain

15. Toronzo Cannon - Chicken Coming Home To Roost

Hear more selections from Fatt Max on these dates:

20 July

17 August

21 September

19 October

16 November

21 December

12 June 2016

We Welcome Fatt Max To The Blues Room

We look forward to welcoming Mark Hill aka 'Fatt Max' to The Blues Room: from the roots to the fruits each month. Fatt Max hails from London but has been playing the blues in NZ for over 18 years. He combines original material with various classics played on both conventional and hand made instruments. He loves all blues music, especially the rare and unusual. This is what he loves to share with his audience. Look out for something different hitting your ears! This week and every third Wednesday of each month from 9pm on Free FM89.0 in the Waikato, and streaming online athttp://www.freefm.org.nz/hear-us and podcast at http://thebluesroom.blogspot.co.nz/

Check out his websites:

http://jellyboneslim.co.nz/

https://www.facebook.com/Fatt-Max-165533273468671/timeline

Tune in for Fatt Max on these dates:

15 June - Fatt Max

20 July - Fatt Max

17 August - Fatt max

21 September - Fatt Max

19 October - Fatt Max

16 November - Fatt Max

21 December - Fatt Max

8 June 2016

#540 :: Blues Music Awards 2016

The Blues Room, 8 June 2016

Episode #540

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The Blues Music Awards are awards presented by the Blues Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to foster blues heritage. The awards, started in 1980, are according to Offbeat music magazine "universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded musicians and songwriters in blues music."

The awards were formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards (or "The Handys") but were renamed in 2006 in an effort to increase public appreciation of the significance of the awards.

The awards had been presented annually in Memphis, Tennessee, where the Blues Foundation is located, although the 2008 award ceremony was held in Tunica, Mississippi. The 37th Blues Music Awards were held on May 5, 2016 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Heres some of my winning favorites from this years Blues Music Awards 2016, and a wee tribute to Candye Kane to kick things off. Who were your picks from the great lists of nominees?

1. Candye Kane & Laura Chavez - Toughest Girl Alive (RIP Candye Kane, the toughest girl around!)

2. Allen Toussaint - Get Out of My Life, Woman

3. Ruthie Foster - Dues Paid In Full

4. Lisa Mann - Hard Times, Bad Decisions

5. Billy Price & Otis Clay - Somebody's Changing My Sweet Baby's Mind

6. Cedric Burnside Project - Going Away Baby

7. Victor Wainwright & The Wildroots - Big Dogs Runnin This Town

8. Joe Louis Walker - Messed My Mind Up

10. Slim Harpo - My Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King)

11. Buddy Guy feat. Kim Wilson - Kiss Me Quick

12. Mr. Sipp - TMBC

13. Shemekia Copeland - Long As I Can See the Light

14. Doug MacLeod - Rosa Lee

15. Duke Robillard - Left Handed

16. Walter Trout - Gonna Live Again

17. Terry Hanck - Cupid Must Be Stupid

#539 :: Darcy Perry's Hour Of Blues Power

The Blues Room, 1 June 2016

Episode #539

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Darcy Perry brings us another hour of blues power!

1. Louis Armstrong - Didn't He Ramble

2. B.B. King with U2 - When Love Comes To Town

3. The Black Crowes - Bad Luck Blue Eyes

4. Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You

5. John Mayer - Route 66

6. Rod Stewart - Amazing Grace

7. Buddy Guy - Sweet Black Girl

8. Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A'Comin

9. Nina Simone - Work Song

10. The Black Keys - Grown So Ugly

11. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

26 May 2016

Join The Blues Room TODAY!

Please let blues fans know that they have an opportunity to contribute to New Zealand's number one blues radio show, The Blues Room. We are open to all expressions of interest. Ideally, we'd like contributions of a 1-hour episode each month but will consider one off feature shows of blues and beyond. All those interested can contact Nate Taiapa, 0212995530 or thebluesroom@gmail.com, http://thebluesroom.blogspot.co.nz/

#538 :: LIVE BLUES RECORDING :: The Allman Brothers Band LIVE (1971)

The Blues Room, 25 May 2016

Episode #538

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LIVE BLUES RECORDING

We will bring you a live blues recording on the last week of each month and you're more than welcome to message us any recommendations. You'll want to turn this one up, its awesome!

The Allman Brothers Band – Live From A&R Studios: New York, August 26, 1971

The Allman Brothers Band have released a vintage live album recorded at A&R Studios in New York City in 1971. The set features the original line up of the band and marks the final NYC performance from the late Duane Allman. The live radio broadcast, which originally aired on WPLJ, features the band steamrolling through a set of songs and its smokin' from start to finish. The recording was widely bootlegged, but has been remixed from the original multi-track recording.

It features ABB’s original line up: Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Jaimoe, Berry Oakley and Butch Trucks. It marks the last NYC performance of guitarist Duane Allman, who died eight weeks later in a motorcycle accident on Oct. 2, 1971 at the age of 24.

One stand out moment of the recording is a tribute to the late-King Curtis. The R&B saxophonist was murdered on his New York doorstep just two weeks before the Allmans’ broadcast. The band honored the legend by performing an epic 19-plus-minute medley of Willie Cobb’s “You Don’t Love Me” and Curtis’ 1964 instrumental “Soul Serenade.”

Drummer and co-founder Butch Trucks shared his memories of that live broadcast with Rolling Stone. He said, “We were set up in that studio just like we did on stage. But it was better. Rather than having their backs to me, the front line – Duane, Dickey and Berry – was facing us in kind of a semi-circle, which made it even easier to communicate. When I play, I stare at the left hand of whoever is playing lead. And I get to know what people are playing well enough that when they start going somewhere, once they arrive, I’m already there.”

For more details about ABB and to purchase this album please visit:

http://allmanbrothersband.com/

1. Statesboro Blues

2. Trouble No More

3. Don't Keep Me Wonderin'

4. Done Somebody Wrong

5. One Way Out

6. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

7. Stormy Monday

8. Medley- You Don't Love Me- (Soul Serenade)

9. Hot 'Lanta

19 May 2016

A Touching Reunion :: Carlos Santana Reunites With Bandmate Marcus Malone

In an unusual turn of events Stanley Roberts while producing an illegal dumping story in East Oakland finds a homeless man who claims to be one of the original founding Santana Blues Band members. That man was Marcus Malone aka Marcus the Magnificent Malone.